How Long to Read Out of the Wind

How Long Does it Take to Read Out of the Wind?

It takes the average reader 4 hours and 1 minute to read Out of the Wind by Leif Kristensen

Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more

Description

Danish architect Leif Kristensen recalls his boyhood in Agger, a windswept fishing village on the coast of Jutland. In 1893 his great grandfather is on the sea in a wild storm that drowns 48 fishermen. In the aftermath, an evangelical revival sect divides villagers into ?Holies? and ?Infidels?. You belong to one or the other and you don?t mix. Leif?s paternal forebears have always survived by scraping a living from the sea, the sandy land and the fjord - a way of life already vanishing when the book closes in the fifties. His mother is an outsider in Agger, isolated by the dialect and struggling for acceptance with the ?Holy? relatives. She grew up in cosy Snedsted, inland, where Leif now spends idyllic holidays amidst flowers and vegetables, berries and bees. Grandad shows him a world of fantasy in his second-hand shop, and at a picnic startles the family by taking a dip wearing only Grandma?s apron. In 1940 Leif is five when the Germans occupy Denmark, gradually turning Agger into a military fortification in the Atlantic Wall. Surrounded by minefields, it bristles with bunkers, barracks and weaponry against the ever-anticipated Allied invasion. The unfolding events and bizarre characters, some hilarious and others tragic, are seen through the boy?s eyes. The young German soldiers can be harsh and dangerous but older ones, missing their families, are kind-hearted. A cannon is planted right outside the kitchen window and stray barrage balloons provide the villagers with waterproof suits. Village education is only elementary. Leif wants to make buildings when he grows up but has never heard of the word ?architect?. Leif is a teenager when his mother flees impulsively with a lover, leaving her young family devastated. Housekeepers come and go and tongues wag. Eventually Leif shepherds his siblings to visit her in Copenhagen where her plight is pitiful; but how could she ever return? In her absence, Leif is engulfed in a passionate love affair of his own, an illicit ménage a trois with the dazzling Birgitte Beck, that will change the course of his life.

How long is Out of the Wind?

Out of the Wind by Leif Kristensen is 236 pages long, and a total of 60,416 words.

This makes it 80% the length of the average book. It also has 74% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Out of the Wind Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 5 hours and 30 minutes to read Out of the Wind aloud.

What Reading Level is Out of the Wind?

Out of the Wind is suitable for students ages 12 and up.

Note that there may be other factors that effect this rating besides length that are not factored in on this page. This may include things like complex language or sensitive topics not suitable for students of certain ages.

When deciding what to show young students always use your best judgement and consult a professional.

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